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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.8107,Lat: 46.6505
Elevation	934 meter above sea level
Local time	2:14:27am
Name province/region	Harghita
Name Subregion	Bălan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sândominic	8.6 km	South
2 Izvoru Mureşului	9.6 km	WestSouthWest
3 Puntea Lupului	10 km	NorthEast
4 Tomeşti	10.9 km	South
5 Poiana Fagului	11 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Chişinău	Moldova	236 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bucureşti	Romania	247 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	466 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 318 km (direction East).The coastline is located in another country namely Ukraine.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lacul Roşu (0.6 km² at a distance of 14.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Hăşmasul Mare with a height of 1792 meter (at a distance of 6.4 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Ukranian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 132.8 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 186 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 92%, high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Outer Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 232 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bacau Airport (at a distance of 85 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.5 km2

47.8%

Nature

17.4 km2

22.2%

Agriculture

21 km2

26.7%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bălan in country Romania

Bălan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	92 km	SouthWest
2 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	99 km	SouthWest
3 Churches of Moldavia	Romania	126 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cheile Bicazului - Ha?ma?	RO	1.7 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Bălan
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bălan

Type of weather in Bălan	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	04:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:32 Europe/Amsterdam